First Voices Radio

Host Tiokasin Ghosthorse speaks returning guest and longtime friend of “First Voices Radio” Ukumbwa Sauti. Ukumbwa Sauti, M.Ed. is a Consultant, Facilitator, Educator and Program Developer on issues of Anti-Racism, Anti-Patriarchy, Men's Work, Consent and Culture. He has worked with religious organizations, cultural groups and regional organizations and has taught in higher education for 16 years engaging issues of Race, Gender, Environmental issues, Media and Culture. Ukumbwa has been a member and supportive of numerous local, national and international organizations and movements advocating for Pan-Africanism, Anti-Racism, Relationship, Sexual and Intimacy safety and education and Men's Development. Ukumbwa has presented across New England, USAmerica, California, Toronto and Barbados. He has worked as Social Media Director for Voice Male Magazine and an organizer for the Greater Boston Men's Network and is currently the moderator for the Men's Work Initiative. Ukumbwa is an initiated Elder in the Dagara tradition from West Africa. More about Ukumbwa and his work can be found at his linktr.ee: https://bit.ly/4hk075s

Tiokasin and Ukumbwa discuss questions that Ukumbwa recently raised in a 5-minute YouTube video titled “Radical Compassion.” One of these questions: How does European colonialism, racism and patriarchy break down grounded connection between families, friends, communities, nations and ultimately between the internal sum of our own parts, our facets of humanity inside of any of us?” They reflect on the limitations of seeking freedom and liberation within the prescribed frameworks of human rights and civil rights and explore alternative conceptions of freedom. Watch Ukumbwa’s video here: https://bit.ly/3Upfqjx

Production Credits:
Tiokasin Ghosthorse (Lakota), Host and Executive Producer
Liz Hill (Red Lake Ojibwe), Producer
Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Audio Editor
Kevin Richardson, Podcast Editor

Music Selections:
1. Song Title: Tahi Roots Mix (First Voices Radio Theme Song)
Artist: Moana and the Moa Hunters
Album: Tahi (1993)
Label: Southside Records (Australia and New Zealand)

2. Song Title: Shooting the Statues
Artist: Amine Bouhafa
Album: Timbuktu, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2014)
Label: Les Films du Worso

3. Song Title: Beaiveldttas (Butterfly)
Artist: Mari Boine
Album: Eight Seasons (2023)
Label: Norse Music

4. Song Title: Can You Introduce Yourself in The Language?
Artist: Edzi’u
Album: Potlatch in the Box (2023)
Label: Ts’ats’ée Sounds

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